04/09/2014 BBC Points West

Welcome to BBC Points West, with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.

Dozens of VIPs fly into Lulsgate, ahead of the NATO summit,

as the President of the EU warns Russia on Ukraine.

We are showing to the Russi`ns that this kind of behaviour is not

acceptable. That is why we have taken some restrictive meastres and

our member states are discussing further restrictive measures.

How policing the badger cull will be different this time.

Inside the classrooms where the next generation of business

And a fond farewell to the prefabs, decades after they were put up

Bristol Airport has never seen anything quite like it.

A stream of world leaders and VIPs has flown into Lulsgate for the NATO

The old terminal has been transformed to cater

for the arrivals, because the airport normally deals with

But there was no holiday atlosphere today, with the NATO summit meeting

Here's our home affairs correspondent, Steve Brodie.

The plane carrying the delegation from Ukraine taxis

The country's president, a lan under enormous pressure at home,

was heading to the most critical NATO summit in recent years.

Together with his wife, President Poroshenko was greeted amid scenes

Surrounded by his own securhty team, he was whisked through borddr

Then he took a seat in the newly constructed arrivals hall.

Another arrival was the President of the European Commission.

I asked him about the growing crisis over Ukr`ine

He was clear where both NATO and EU stood in response to the Russian

We have been following the situation with great concern.

We believe it is extremely hmportant to have a firm position in terms

of making clear to Russia that they should respect all

the international principles, and we continue to work on two tracks.

On one side, showing our support to Ukraine, politically,

At the same time, we are showing to the Russians that this kind

and our member states are dhscussing further restrictive measures.

At the same time, we are kedping the channels open of communicathon, we

believe there will be no military solution for this conflict.

Despite the early morning Bristol fog, the NATO delegates arrhved

First were the Bulgarians, then it was the turn

of the Hungarians, closely followed by the plane from Ukraine.

Security was everywhere and tight in the extreme.

Once delegations had passed through the hall, they climbed

In an extraordinary demonstration of planning, there was hardly ` hitch.

They were swept away, as more cars arrived to take their place.

Prime Ministers, foreign and defence ministers, Army

chiefs, support staff, an endless procession.

The airport is more used to business and holiday package tours,

We are used to security at the airport, it is not unusual to us and

it is reassuring to passengdrs and the people involved in this very

important international event, that appropriate security is arr`nged.

The delegation from Luxembourg was late.

Engine trouble caused a diversion to Amsterdam.

He used to be a counter`terrorist detective, and

Thanks for coming on our programme tonight. Obviously, a lot of

planning, what would have gone into this?

You are right, months of pl`nning. Once it was announced there would be

a note to conference and thd location set, that is when the work

would have started. `` a NATO conference. I havd worked

with the coordinator in the past, he spent eight months in the area

planning all this. What we are interested in is the

landing at Bristol, the transportation over to South Wales.

What threats might they havd prepared for?

The weak areas would be oncd they left the airport, going to the

locations, Newport and Cardhff. That would be a weak spot and those

routes would have been checked assiduously for any dangers. Those

checks would have gone on for a number of weeks to make surd nothing

has changed, looking for issues in the landscape where somebodx would

want to cause a problem, cotld conceal themselves. Those areas

would have been eliminated `s much as possible.

Picking Bristol Airport, as you report said, the security h`s been

very tight. That is easy to contain. Easy to contain. We have sedn the

rings of steel literally. Interesting, watching at Brhstol,

all the delegates were brought through the old tunnel, kept well

away from the holiday`makers and businessmen. It is sad that it is

sealed off from real life. They are politicians. They `re

elected by ourselves. But, when you have looked at previous NATO

conferences, G20 talks, you have looked at groups that have wanted to

protest. Most people do protest peacefully. It is those who are

extreme, who want to cause trouble. Very nice to talk to you, thanks for

coming in. A train driver has told an hnquest

in Taunton he heard a "loud bang" when he hit a car on a level

crossing at 100 miles an hotr. Dennis France, who was 65, died on

the crossing in Athelney last March. Another witness said she had seen

Mr France roll back his car and drive over the crossing shortly

before the crash. The inquest into Mr France's death

is expected to finish tomorrow. A long`standing Bristol bushness has

collapsed, leading to the loss of around 1 0

jobs, including 70 in Bristol. MGL Distribution,

which traded as McArthur, supplied fencing and agricultural

products to livestock farmers. The administrators handling

the closure say they haven't ruled out selling the business

and its assets in some form. The next round

of pilot badger culls in the West is expected to start soon,

and police in Gloucestershire say Last year, officers were crhticised

for being too heavy`handed. But this year, the constabulary says

there will be fewer officers on patrol, but more focus in

the villages affected by thd cull. Here's our Gloucestershire reporter,

Steve Knibbs. You have a lot of cars and ` lot

of people, last year, a lot of police dvidence

as well. This was the reality last ydar

for many people who had nothing to do with the cull,

apart from living in the cull zone. The police tried to do the best they

could under difficult circulstances. Lots of them didn't know thd area,

so couldn't do much anyway. We felt exhausted

by the whole thing. It was emotionally

and psychologically exhausthng, Last year, there were no huge

protests or outbreaks of disorder, so this year, vans full

of police will go, replaced by local And less officers from outshde

forces who lacked local knowledge. We have a lot more officers in the

daytime specifically in comlunities, They will connect with the community

with any instances to reasstre people, which didn't happen with

people last year particularly well. Campaigners are still busy surveying

badger setts in the cull zone. Many still claim

the police targetted them unfairly. The police themselves even

admitted at one point they We felt they had let

the other side off. But today, police defended their

independence but said they have to liase with culling company, and

others, for operational reasons We need to know if there is a change

in risk to deploy our resources The same as last year.

However, we have never nor will we ever have a member within the police

control room. It is expected to start within the

next few days and the difference this time around for everybody is

experience, lessons learned. The challengers have not gone away, it

is not just the police who `re used to working here, but also the

protesters intent on disrupting the process where they can.

You're watching BBC Points West it's Thursday so nearly the end

We've got lots more still to come on the programme, including:

Transforming a regular housd in Stroud into the set

The first specialist bone m`rrow unit for adults serving the West

It's been funded through huge donations from the public

and charities, and aims to provide some of the best

Our health correspondent, M`tthew Hill, has been to have a look round.

Charlie Henderson has had two bone marrow transplants

since he was diagnosed with leukaemia seven years ago.

Those operations had to takd place at the Children's Hospital.

Ever since, he has been trudging between both

If you are with those nursing staff all the way through,

you don't have to retell yotr story and pick up relationships.

Now, patients can be treated here at the region's first bone larrow

This is one of the eight new isolation rooms

where patients are kept in `fter transplants for up to three months.

This is when their body is at its lowest ebb.

They have been hit by chemotherapy, transplants,

and it is vital they are kept away from any nasty viruses or b`cteria.

Barbara has come in today to donate stem cells for

The best thing about it is ht is central, so it's easy to get to

The unit will also mean doctors can carry our leading

We will be able now to run phase one studies which is looking

at new drugs for the treatmdnt of cancer, and become

a pioneering centre in the treatment of cancers and leukaemias.

This charity has paid for extras to make it more homely,

Supplying a very high`tech hntensive care system, consultants ard

dramatically. It is hoped this scent of a help this trend continte.

The Mayor of Bristol is fachng fresh calls to take action over p`rking

problems issues at the new Southmead Hospital.

The state`of`the art building opened this May, but there have bedn

persistent complaints about a lack of car parking spaces.

People living near the new hospital now say the situation is

"out of control", with staff and patients clogging nearby ro`ds.

As children go back to school this week, hundreds are starting

At least nine are opening this term in the West, some of them whth a

After employers complained that students are not being prep`red for

the workplace, several new schools have been set up to do just that.

Our business correspondent, Dave Harvey, has been to ond

You've got your turtle, and the treadmill moves,

It might not seem like an educational revoluthon,

but Kelsey and her classmatds are part of something new and r`dical.

This is a design and technology class.

But soon, they'll leave the classroom and see how ddsign is

I thought, if I came here, I would get the best experidnce

They offer trips and business partnerships which you

They get chance to go to colpanies, employers,

look at what they are doing in their design and manufacturing,

Then see how what they are learning in the classroom applies.

These guys are doing a business course.

Super sharp`suited, highly professional.

The idea is to make it as shmilar as possible to a real officd.

There was a consistent view that, while students have a good `cademic

backgrounds, they didn't necessarily understand and were not

So this local property developer became chair of the governors.

They have signed into that hugely in the first few days,

This is very much like an office building rather than a school.

And next year, they'll move to a new purpose`built campus here

All this will be Weston's ndw enterprise area, a humming sea

At the heart of it, the town's new enterprise

They worry there should be more to school than just

What we would like to see is students don't just get prepared

We want to see them enjoying education along the way,

having an all`round experience, art, music, all the sciences, technology,

And, certainly, local emploxers hope it will grow and grow.

The first whistle blows on the new rugby season in just 24 hours' time

and, tonight, we're taking ` look at Bath Rugby's prospects.

They made huge strides last year, but ultimately fell

at the final hurdle, losing the Challenge Cup final,

and missing out on the playoffs on the last day of the season.

And, as Alistair Durden reports that disappointment has been

COMMENTATOR: He scores the first try of the afternoon.

Ford goes for a drop goal, he hasn't got it.

They will have to lick their wounds and regroup...

We have used that as motivation right up to this point

We're going to win something sooner or later.

We want to be in a position when we do to win the year `fter.

Every club puts the best 15 players on the field.

With only five new players recruited in summer, Bath are trusting

their young and talented group to make the small improvements.

COMMENTATOR: Once again, it's Ford.

We did some good stuff last year but we were not happy with that

The overall consistency in performance, there were two or

three occasions when our performance let the lads down.

We want to improve our performance and get restlts

I think this year they will learn from that.

Part of the preparation has involved training with Rugbx

They've signed one of the superstars.

England international Sam Btrgess will cross next month.

He can't wait, when he comes over in October, that first game against

Breaking into the top four will not be easy.

But, with the strongest squ`d for some time, they now need to

Yeovil Town's manager Gary Johnson has played down speculation he could

Johnson took training as normal today, and will mdet with

the club's chairman tomorrow to find out why his attempt to sign new

His late arrival for Tuesdax night's game led to concerns

about his future, but he insists he's still committed to the job

people are not thinking that I have lost my mojo, or my appetitd,

You can interview any of thd lads, they will tell you I haven't lost

any of that, I certainly have not lost mx head

It's something I had to sort out for my own peace of mind.

The chairman comes back tomorrow and I'll be talking to him strahghtaway.

The last council`owned pref`bricated house has been replaced tod`y.

It's taken ten years to complete the project to re`home residents

in new housing, with some rdluctant to leave their prefab homes.

Tracey Miller looks at the dnd of the prefab era in Bristol.

Nicknamed the People's Palaces, the 1950s prefab was

the temporary answer to a the post war housing crisis.

They were only designed to last ten years, while brick built

But, when the time came to love many didn't want to leave

You would see neighbours out in the garden. But you can't stand in front

of progress. John and Cath lived in a prdfab

community. Right the way up to the top was all

prefabs. We were one communhty, everybody knew everybody.

That is how it was. Progress in the 1950s was the prefab concept,

proudly named the house that could be built in a day. In Filton, the

Bristol aeroplane company h`d changed its factory to building the

prefab kits. They were shipped abroad and across the country. Today

in Bristol, the last council owned prefab has gone.

It is the end of an era. Nobody really wanted to move, the tpheaval

of moving. Once you have done it, that is it. I don't think I would go

back to the prefab now. The refrigerator tops the lhst of

internal fittings. The end of a house which provided by

the thousands of workers in Bristol and homes for thousands of families.

She is, of course, best known as the mastermind

But JK Rowling has also had literary success with her latest novdl,

Set in the West Country, whdre the author grew up, it's her first

It's now been adapted for television, and is being filmed

Two days ago, this was an ordinary family kitchen in Gloucestershire.

The crew are filming the TV adaptation of JK Rowling's novel,

Today, we are shooting an iconic dinner party scene which has got a

lot of our lead characters hnvolved, the dinner party from hell, not one

you want to be part of. For three days,

the family who live here have moved The story, the author's first

after Harry Potter, is set hn A rural idyll that conceals

a hotbed of conflict, with stars including Sir Michael

Gambon and Julia McKenzie. Hn order to get the village to look just

right, the crew used several Yes, we have been fortunate enough

to film in five fantastic vhllage locations, to create our fictitious

village. And, while the locations work

for filming, the filming has We have calculated in

Gloucestershire since January there are ?2 million local spend, hotels,

restaurants, taxis, local facilities. In the South West, it is

over ?7 million, a really bhg business.

After nine weeks of filming across Gloucestershire and the West

Country, the cast and crew have ended up here in this village. With

a backdrop like this, you c`n see why so many production comp`nies are

drawn to the West Country. That drama is expected to bd shown

in spring on the BBC. On Saturday,

the Wells Cathedral Choir whll sing They'll be performing

Bach's St Matthew Passion whth It's the first time they've been

asked to take part, It is ageing menders privildge for

anyone associated with the choir to be involved with this. Yes, they are

excited. It is the first tile we have performed at the Proms.

Everyone is pretty confident. We have had to lead that. We c`n't show

we are nervous even if we are inside.

Some of the pictures he was sending in our phenomenal.

Indeed they are. It is interesting, many people focus on the Sunset or

blue sky, but some of the bdst pictures, where you have thhs hill

fog and light diffusing through it, once again, it will be a faliliar

pattern. Overnight, low clotd. Tomorrow, we wait to see how that

breaks up to give brighter spells. A generally dry day.

The patent is equally a famhliar one, high pressure dominating. A

slack pattern with a lot of cloud around as you have seen. Towards the

north, the next change comes in on Saturday. An important change in

terms of ushering in cooler conditions. For the time behng, a

continuation of the present. Very little change in terms of cloud

cover. Overnight, we will sde hill fog. Some list at lower levdls.

Mixed fortunes and visibility first light tomorrow. A fairly mild night.

13 degrees Celsius. Tomorrow, for many, overcast and gloomy, but it

will brighten up with the cloud breaking. One or two showers, light

in nature, forming. We will only get light to moderate showers at best.

Many districts will avoid them altogether.

Temperatures tomorrow, under cloud cover, 20 Celsius. In the stnshine,

up to 21. Beyond that, I mentioned a change

heading into Saturday. A wedk whether front, bringing a fdw

showers. As we get beyond that, a cooler feed of northerly air pushing

back in. Saturday night through to Sunday and on to Tuesday next week

when we expect temperatures to come back up again. These are reflected

in the following charts. If anything, overplaying thdse

overnight temperatures. By day, in the sunshine, in the high tdens

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